| Shuurei: |
Hey! Ryuushin! Wait! |
| Ryuushin: |
Hahah! Catch me if you can! |
| Shuurei: |
Sheesh! Today for sure, I'm not going to forgive you! Forgetting you homework aside, but doodling on the temple's walls...!! |
| Narrative: |
Contrary to the winter cold, Shuurei was on fire. It happened after taking the aptitude test and before the results had been posted. |
| Shuurei: |
Hey, what are you doing? Ryuushin? |
| Ryuushin: |
Can you make it all the way over here, Shuurei-sensei? |
| Shuurei: |
You said it. |
| Ryuushin: |
Ah, hey! Stop it. It's too difficult for you! |
| Shuurei: |
Just you wait... |
| Ryuushin: |
I said it's too difficult! Ah! |
| Shuurei: |
Aaaa! |
| Ryuushin: |
Sensei~!! |
| Title: |
There's no medicine for the lovesick. |
| Seiran: |
It's likely a cold. Jumping into a river in the middle of winter... You're really lucky your heart didn't stop. |
| Shuurei: |
I wonder how many years it's been since I last had a cold. |
| Seiran: |
I'll make you a warm drink and an ice pack, so please wait a moment. |
| Shuurei: |
Sorry. I'm being childish. |
| Seiran: |
I'll stay with you, so please, get some sleep. |
| Shuurei: |
Your hand's... it's cold and feels good. |
| Shuurei: |
Sei-ra- |
| Seiran: |
I told you to rest quietly in bed. You have a fever so stop rolling around and pull the covers up properly. |
| Mother: |
Saying that sort of thing to this young a child, you really are quite amusing, Seiran. |
| Seiran: |
Madam, what about the medicated infusion? |
| Mother: |
I brought it. But Shuurei really has taken to you hasn't she. |
| Seiran: |
Madam, what are you doing?! |
| Mother: |
I told you to stop looking so sullen. You have such a cute face, it's such a waste. |
| Shouka: |
What's this about Shuurei being sick?! |
| Seiran: |
Master. Weren't you supposed to stay overnight at the archives today? Not to mention... |
| Shouka: |
Hm? Aaah! Why am I carrying these things?! But we have to keep her warm with covers... uhhh, and nourishing food and... ah! An ice pack!
Eh? Why do we keep her warm yet cool her down? |
| Seiran: |
Please calm down, Master. |
| Shouka: |
Ahhh, yes, right. Calm down...
It's been a long time since the last illness, so I was really surprised...
|
| Shouka: |
Aaah Seiran, I'll take care of it. Wah, oops... |
| Seiran: |
Master! Are you all right? I'll take care of this... |
| Shuurei: |
What's going on? |
| Shouka: |
Ah, Shuurei! Are you all right? |
| Shuurei: |
Y-yeah. |
| Shouka: |
Wait just a moment. I'll go make you a special hot ginger drink. |
| Shuurei: |
Father! It's okay. I'm all right. |
| Shouka: |
It's all right. You rest. If you drink it, your cold will be blown away in an instant. |
| Shuurei: |
*ahah* If you do that... |
| Seiran: |
...The kitchen will be blown away. |
| Shuurei: |
Seiran, go after father. If this house falls apart any further, we'll have no place to live. |
| Seiran: |
Understood. Please get some rest...
M-master!? |
| Shuurei: |
*sighs*
Come to think of it, I feel like this sort of thing's happened before...
|
| Shuurei: |
*chokes* |
| Seiran: |
Madam, what did you have her drink!? |
| Mother: |
She always complains "It's bitter! It's bitter!" so I tried making it sweet. |
| Seiran: |
!? This is too sweet! |
| Mother: |
But Shouka said that it was sweet and smiled. |
|
*boom* |
| Mother: |
Come to think of it, Shouka said he'd make a hot ginger drink.
|
| Shouka: |
Umm... Eh? Just where...? |
| Seiran: |
He hasn't changed at all from before. |
| Shuuei: |
Excuse us. |
| Seiran: |
? |
| Shuuei: |
We'd called out, but no one came, so we decided to come right in. |
| Kouyuu: |
Afterall, Shouka-sama ran home right away when he'd heard that Shuurei was ill.
We brought vegetables and medicines that are good against illness. |
| Shouka: |
My, if it isn't Shogun Ran and Kouyuu-dono. Did you come to visit Shuurei?
Ahahah, I was just making a hot ginger drink, but I can't find the ginger... |
| Shuuei: |
Sort of like since there's no ginger, it can't be helped / there's no ginger*
Ah, pretend you didn't hear that.
(*pun on shouga nakute:
Since there's no ginger / since it can't be done
shou ga nai:
It can't be done / there's no ginger.) |
| Seiran: |
Master, we'll take care of everything from here, so please go back to her ladyship... |
| Shouka: |
Really? And here I was really in the mood to do things...
Well, I'll leave it to you then |
| Seiran: |
Please leave everything to us.
|
| Shuuei: |
Now then, Seiran, I've never held a kitchen knife before... |
| Seiran: |
Kitchen knives aside, you've held a sword right? They're both blades, so they're similar.
At the very least, you should be more helpful than the Master. If you're not, you can take care of cleaning up over there. |
| Shuuei: |
You know, I'm a much higher ranked officer than yourself... |
| Seiran: |
How are you at cooking, Kouyuu-dono? |
| Kouyuu: |
If it's simple, I should be able to manage. And what about you? |
| Seiran: |
I've mastered the innermost secrets of replacing roof tiles to repairing the outer walls, getting rid of pests to bargaining for vegetables. That's a foolish question to ask. |
| Kouyuu: |
Now then...!
|
| Reishin: |
Hmm... Ohhh, she's fast asleep. Her face is bright red, she looks pitiful. |
| Kijin: |
*ahem* Just why, do we have to act like thieves and clamber over the wall in order to visit your neice?! |
| Reishin: |
I still haven't managed to prepared myself to tell her my name. |
| Kijin: |
I'll go to the front and visit properly. You can hang around out here like the dead shell of a cicada. |
| Reishin: |
Hmph! How pompous. And bringing an orchid, no less. |
| Kijin: |
It's standard practise to bring flowers to someone who's ill, is it not? |
| Shouka: |
What are you doing in a place like this, Reishin? ?? Senior Secretary Kou too. |
| Reishin: |
Ah, um, big brother, um, this... well... |
| Shouka: |
You're so hopeless. But thank-you for coming to check on things. Come on in. |
| Reishin: |
Really? |
| Shouka: |
Having two senior secretaries catch cold, would be bad. Not to mention, I can't just leave my dear younger brother in that sort of place. But Reishin... |
| Reishin: |
Yes? |
| Shouka: |
Coming in from the window is a bit... |
| Reishin: |
Ah! S-sorry. I was so happy, and got carried away.
Aa! |
| Kijin: |
I've brought flowers and herbal medicine to improve the immune system. |
| Shouka: |
Why thank you! |
| Reishin: |
Aa! You jumped ahead of me again! Big brother! Me too!
They say that fruits are good for the ill and I brought pretty much every medicine there is. |
| Shouka: |
You brought too much. Sheesh, as always you run from one extreme to the next. Not to mention, why is medicine to improve virility and to fight constipation included? |
| Reishin: |
! I'll have the herbalist beheaded immediately. |
| Shouka: |
Don't be so stupid! But I really appreciate the sentiment, Reishin.
|
| Reishin: |
It's been a while since I last saw her up close like this. |
| Kijin: |
You'd followed her around all over the place during the summer. Even going so far as to have her call you "oji-san" (uncle). |
| Reishin: |
I really am her uncle so it doesn't matter, does it. And in comparison, you're her former boss. In other words, a stranger. Shuurei is still unmarried, so you're forbidden to come any closer! |
| Kijin: |
Before getting carried away with such sad conduct, how about remembering that your very existence hasn't even been acknowledged yet. |
| Seiran: |
Master, the meal's been prepared. |
| Shouka: |
Ah thank you. Well... |
| Kouyuu: |
Aaa! Reishin-sama! Wh-why are you... |
| Reishin: |
And what is wrong with me, as her uncle, visiting my sick neice? And you, it seems like you've been jumping the gun on things without my knowledge, haven't you, Kouyuu. Prepare yourself. |
| Kijin: |
*laughs* No doubt he'll throw you out of the house. |
|
*banging on the gate* |
| Shouka: |
Hmm?
|
| Ryuu: |
It seems that our foolish son has caused you so much trouble... |
| Shouka: |
It's all right. Please don't worry about it.
Is here something else? |
| Ryuu: |
Ummm... That Ryuushin, did he happen to drop by here? |
| Shouka: |
Eh? ... When did you last see him? |
| Ryuu: |
After noon. He said he was going to go to the mountain and left. I'll keep searching. |
| Shouka: |
A moment please. Ryuushin-kun said he was going to the mountain and then went out, is that right? |
| Ryuu: |
Yes. |
| Seiran: |
If you're talking about a mountain that's close by... perhaps he went to Mt. Ryuu where Madam's grave is? |
| Shuuei: |
If it's Mt. Ryuu, then we can go by horse. I'll go back and get some horses. |
| Kouyuu: |
In the meantime, I'll go to the Kou family residence and get a protective set against the cold and some torches ready. |
| Reishin: |
Do as you please. But, if you should meet with disaster on the mountain, remember that however extensive your knowledge may be, it'll essentially be meaningless. |
| Kouyuu: |
Yes. |
| Shouka: |
Reishin. At times like this, you're supposed to say "Take care and be sure to come back." |
| Reishin: |
Yes, big brother. |
| Shuuei: |
What a thing to do to that Reishin-sama who's known for being so shrewd...! |
| Kouyuu: |
But, he also seems a bit happy. |
| Shouka: |
Seiran. Could you go with Kouyuu-dono and help carry the torches and protective gear. |
| Seiran: |
Yes! |
| Shouka: |
While I really appreciate the sentiment Shogun Ran, right now, time is of the essence. Borrow horses from the Kou family. |
| Shuuei: |
Understood. |
| Kijin: |
If it's Mt. Ryuu, my residence is closer. If you find that child, take him there. |
| Seiran: |
In that case, we'll be off to the Kou residence.
|
| Shouka: |
*sighs* After Kouyuu-dono and the others went to the trouble of preparing this meal, it's gotten cold. If necessary, I'll go. So there's no chance of anything happening to Kouyuu-dono. So don't worry. |
| Reishin: |
If it's something that would see you go, I'll have the Kou family's people be mobilized immediately to search. |
| Shouka: |
Ginger pork. While it's a bit watery, for a first timer, it's pretty well made. |
| Reishin: |
I don't want you to do anything anymore. It doesn't matter what the goal is, it's the same. I just want you and Shuurei to live peacefully. |
| Shouka: |
Thanks to your keeping me assigned to the archives, I've been able to read as many books as much as I liked. I've been able to live happily and quietly for the past ten years. I'm grateful. |
| Reishin: |
It's only ten years. And it certainly wasn't quiet nor peaceful. When I learned that you'd gone to find the exiled prince, I'd sent assassins a number of times to eliminate the previous emperor. |
| Shouka: |
*laughs* And they were all blocked by Advisor Shou, weren't they. |
| Reishin: |
Yeah. Just what is that - a racoon spirit?!
Just what happened to that promise of a quiet living?! That big liar! Using you to the very end, and pushing a major burden on you... |
| Shouka: |
It was all by my own will. These bloody hands aren't anyone's fault. Thank you, you're always worrying so much about me. I'm very lucky to have such cute younger brothers. Regardless of what Kurou may say, he too worries about us. But rather than that, you should introduce yourself properly to Shuurei. |
| Reishin: |
But big brother! I must be a bad person in Shuurei's mind. No doubt she thinks I'm a cruel villain of an uncle, having thrown you out, cut all ties with you, and then taking over as head of the family.
"You're the worst uncle. I hate that sort of person." When I think about having that said to me...
|
| Mother: |
Reishin-dono, what do you think? Isn't she cute? Your neice carries mine and Shouka's, as well as your, blood.
Shuurei doesn't know the depths of you spite, your utter self-conceit, or your extreme selfishness. You should start with practising smiling. If you smile nicely, then Shuurei will smile back, so you should practice hereon.
Reishin-dono, wouldn't it be nice if everyone could find happiness one day...
|
| Kouyuu: |
This isn't good. |
| Seiran: |
While Ryuushin may be reckless, he isn't without thought. The reason for his going to a snowy mountain at this time... probably- |
| Kouyuu: |
Medicinal herbs?! |
| Shuuei: |
So we should concentrate searching the places where medicinal herbs grow. |
| Seiran: |
Let's go.
|
| Reishin: |
I seriously did practise smiling. |
| Shouka: |
It seems like you didn't improve much. |
| Ryuuki: |
Why are only the Senior Secretary of Civil Affairs and Shouka here? It doesn't matter, more than that...
She's hot.
Shuurei gave this to me...
? I'd sent her that. It's okay. I can still wait. |
| Shuurei: |
W-water... |
| Ryuuki: |
Water? Water... water... Ah!
Shuurei shouldn't get sick too often. To think that a sick woman is so unguarded and defenseless, it's torture.
Not good. The medicine...
This much should be forgiveable... |
| Shuurei: |
Gyaaaaaaaaaaa!!! |
| Shouka: |
Shuurei! What's wrong? |
| Ryuuki: |
Ah, umm... that is...
|
| Seiran: |
Ryuushin! |
| Kouyuu: |
Ryuushin! |
| Shuuei: |
Ryuushin-kun! |
| Kouyuu: |
Seiran! Shuuei!
|
| Ryuuki: |
I told them I didn't do anything... |
| Seiran: |
You had her drink the master's special non-ginger ginger drink, didn't you? |
| Shuurei: |
Never mind that, how's Ryuushin doing? |
| Shuuei: |
He's being treated at Senior Secretary Kou's residence. His hands and feet were slightly frost-bitten but, there's no need to worry. |
| Shuurei: |
Sheesh! Being so reckless. |
| Shuuei: |
It seems like your fever's gone down a bit. But, it's a bit of a shame. Seeing your cheeks flushed like peaches was very lovely and attractive. |
| Kouyuu: |
Stick your head in a snowbank until spring and cool off a bit, you eternally spring fool! |
| Seiran: |
My Lady!? |
| Shuurei: |
I'm going to go check on how Ryuushin's doing. |
| Seiran: |
But... |
| Shuurei: |
But I'm worried. |
| Shuurei: |
Ryuushin! |
| Kijin: |
He absolutely insisted on coming to see you and wouldn't listen. |
| Ryuushin: |
Shuurei-sensei. I'm sorry. |
| Shuurei: |
Ryuushin. |
| Ryuushin: |
Sensei, you'd said that you would be taking a break from teaching at the temple, right? But I'd heard from the head monk that you might not be coming back at all! I'd been doing all my homework. But if I handed it in, that would be it. I didn't mean to cause trouble but I... |
| Shuurei: |
I'm sorry, I put you through a lot of strain. |
| Ryuushin: |
Sensei. Don't get married! |
| Shuurei: |
M-Married?! |
| Ryuushin: |
I... In another 5 years, I'll become a better man than Seiran! |
| Ryuuki: |
Just a minute there, boy! If it's that sort of thing then I too, in another five...
Wh-what the...? |
| Shuurei: |
A fan? Why all of a sudden...? |
| Shouka: |
My, Your Majesty. I'm very sorry. My hand slipped.
Ryuushin-kun. Your father's bound to be worried so you should go home now. Thank you for gathering herbs for Shuurei. |
| Ryuushin: |
Yeah. |
| Kijin: |
Take care of your health. When you're fully recovered, I'll send camellias. |
| Shuurei: |
Thank you very much. |
| Kijin: |
I'll see you to your home.
Reishin... you're in the way so quit being an ornament in this sort of place. |
| Reishin: |
Uncle. I'm your uncle. I've been watching over you all the time in secret throughout the years... |
| Kijin: |
We're going. |
| Shuuei: |
Well then, we too... |
| Kouyuu: |
Take care, Shuurei. |
| Seiran: |
You two... the kitchen still needs to be cleaned up. |
Kouyuu &
Shuuei: |
Eh? |
| Shuurei: |
We can't ask that of Shogun Ran and Kouyuu-sama. |
| Shuuei: |
It's all right, Shuurei-dono. |
| Kouyuu: |
Don't worry about it and get some rest. |
| Ryuuki: |
I- I'll help too! I'm sure I'll be useful! |
| Seiran: |
Thank you very much, Your Majesty. No doubt, scrubbing pots will be of some use to you some day. |
| Shouka: |
In that case, I too... |
| Seiran: |
You should get some rest, Master. |
| Shuurei: |
If only you took a beautiful and kind person as your consort. Even though you draw near from a single-minded desire, I... |
| Mother: |
Do you honestly think that I'll come to call you "you who has my back"!? Falling in love with the one you're supposed to kill... who's ever heard of such an assassin.
Hey Shouka... I love you. Shuurei and Seiran are so cute. I'm truly so very fortunate.
|
| Shouka: |
It seems, there's simply no medicine for the lovesick. |
| Trailer: |
This is the last time I'll be earning money at the number one brothel of the red lights district - Kougarou. All that's left is to do my best on the main National Exam. Eh? Kouchou-neesan, who's that boy? |
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